I was going to post something different this morning, but then I almost died, so I changed my tack. Granted, my take on this morning's events might be a slight exaggeration, but we'll never know,…
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Do you know that moment? The one where you're sitting there all perfectly content and everything, and then someone says, "I could really go for a grilled cheese." And then you're thinking about the grilled…
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On Tuesday, my baby girl, the fruit of my loins, is having surgery. I've been effectively not thinking about this for weeks. But now it's right here, days away. It's a supposedly easy, out-patient thing,…
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There's something that's always intrigued me about Carrie Bradshaw. I mean, there are many, many things, but there's this one in particular. (In case you've been living under a rock, Carrie's the main character on…
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Way, way back, a long time ago - like in the 90's - I ran in a fantastic road race in Harvard, MA: the annual Apple Harvest Ramble Road Race. It's a 10-miler through a…
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The most critical piece of advice that I give to anyone who wants to write - whether I'm officially coaching them or not - is that they have to find their voice. And to do…
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It's hard for me to write a post that mentions my neighbor (let's call her Mary - because she's a far, far cry from the virgin mother) without including a picture. But I do want…
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This morning was a bit of a challenge. With a house full of relatives - literally, someone was sleeping on every surface - we were woken up at 5am by our two 3 year-olds and…
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Do you have a relationship with your writing (or whatever it is that you 'do')? I have one, absolutely. As I started thinking about this concept, I thought for sure that my writing relationship was…
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Do you remember those books? You started reading and then came to a point where you could: Go up the ladder. Climb down the hole. Whichever choice you picked offered new choices, and so on…
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